In this episode, Duncan McLeod is joined on an Internet call by Bjorn Dingemans, founder and CEO of BlockMesh, a Somerset West-based start-up that wants to create what it calls “the world’s first decentralised, cost-free
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State-owned power utility Eskom said it will start rolling blackouts for the first time since 2015 as protesting workers blockaded plant entrances and disrupted distribution networks. “Acts of intimidation and sabotage have
Bitcoin’s price was supposed to go to the moon. Yet over the past six months, from high to low, the linchpin of the entire cryptocurrency craze has shed 66% of its value. It’s an unravelling almost on par with the Nasdaq index
Dark Fibre Africa sees fifth-generation wireless broadband networks as a big growth opportunity as the infrastructure needed to power these networks will require extensive backhaul to a much denser network of base
Eskom confirmed just before 6pm on Thursday that it has been forced to implement stage-one load shedding. This is due to a strike by the utility’s workers which has involved “acts of intimidation and sabotage”. Spokesman
A Martian dust storm covering a quarter of the planet threatens to end a 15-year exploration mission by Nasa’s Mars Opportunity rover. Operators at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory attempted to contact
Contactless card or “tap-and-go” payments are slowly gaining popularity as more banks and retailers adopt this method of payment. Shoppers with the technology-enabled cards are benefitting from the speed and
Janeffer Wacheke’s fresh vegetable stall in Nairobi uses technology that’s helping crack a problem Kenyan banks have so far failed to solve – measuring the creditworthiness of traders in the country’s R265-billion
Naspers expects to report an increase in earnings for its most recent financial year, bolstered by Chinese Internet giant Tencent and various e-commerce businesses. Core headline earnings per share, which exclude
I am often asked what the best way for someone to invest passively in the cryptocurrency market might be. What coin should they buy or what options do they have if they don’t want to worry about everyday price